Saropogon geniculatus Loew, 1869

Sakhvon, Vital V., 2020, Review of the genus Saropogon Loew, 1847 (Diptera: Asilidae) from Russia Transcaucasia and Central Asia, with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4860 (4), pp. 577-591 : 579

Saropogon geniculatus Loew, 1869

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Saropogon geniculatus Loew, 1869: 92 , type locality: Grusien [ Georgia]; Engel 1930: 457; Shtakelberg 1933: 120; Richter 1964: 341 ( Armenia); 1968: 135 (Transcaucasia); 1969: 519 (Transcaucasia); Lehr 1988: 262.

Diagnosis. Body length 10.0–16.0 mm. Mystax white. Ocellar and postocular setae white. Scutum silvery tomentose with short white setae and macrosetae. Scutellum with 2–4 white apical macrosetae. Pleuron silvery tomentose without setae. Wings brownish. Legs reddish yellow with white setae and macrosetae. Femora with black stripe dorsally. Tergites black, with white stripe posteriorly. Hypopygium black with white setae ( Richter 1968).

Specimens examined. No specimens were examined.

Prey. Astata sp., Tachysphex panzeri (both—Hymenoptera, Sphecidae ), Chelonus oculator ( Hymenoptera , Braconidae ), Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) sp. ( Hymenoptera , Chrysididae ) ( Richter 1968).

Distribution. Transcaucasia ( Armenia, Georgia).

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FIGURE 27. Distribution of Saropogon species in Russia, Transcaucasia and Central Asia (based on the available material and Abbassian-Lintzen 1964, Richter 1968, Mohammadi et al. 2017).

FIGURES 1–6. Saropogon, habitus, lateral view. 1. S. alternatus, male. 2. S. dasynotus, male. 3. S. geniculatus, female. 4. S. megriensis, male. 5. S. pittoproctus, female. 6. S. tajikistanensis, sp. nov., female, holotype.